Art and Society Across Time: New Undergraduate Research in Art History

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2022 
KAC ROOM 108, 1:00 – 3:30PM

Art and Society Across Time: New Undergraduate Research in Art History recognizes the scholarly achievements of senior undergraduate students’ study of Art History and Visual Culture in the Department of art, Art History and Design at Michigan State University. The 2022 Symposium features four independent research projects by students enrolled in HA 499, Senior Research and Professional Development Seminar. As the capstone experience for Art History and Visual Culture majors, the course addresses career planning as well as engages students in the production of a substantial scholarly paper under the guidance of an art history faculty mentor.

SCHEDULE FOR SYMPOSIUM:

1:00 – 1:10
Welcome Remarks
Dr. Laura E. Smith
Department of Art, Art History and Design

1:10 – 1:35
Scout Greimel
Fact and Fiction in the Presentation of Women in Classical Athens: An Exploration of Female Funerary Fashions

1:35 – 2:00
Hannah Frost
Guo Xi’s Contribution to Northern Song Painting

2:00 – 2:25
Carrie Gillis
Can She Do It?: Rosie the Riveter’s Complex and Contradictory Representation of Women’s Empowerment

2:25 – 2:50
Sam Pitts
Solutions to Tsarist Russia’s Identity Crisis: Nesterov, Vasnetsov and Vrubel

2:50 – 3:30
Comments from Dr. Jill Shaw; reception following.